The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, April 7, 2143
Waning Crescent
45.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:53 AM
1:10 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 45.0%
- Age
- 22.1 days
- Distance
- 400,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2724
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Apr 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 275.96° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 95.79° |
| Illuminated fraction | 44.95% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 10.8° / 236.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 38m / -16.91° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 293.49° / 4.54° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.02° / -5.33° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -91.02° / 0.90° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 81.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.